Bowlers from Pearl Beach, Ettalong and visiting clubs are inviting all to a special day at Ettalong Bowling Club on Sunday, May 5, to raise funds for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
The Charity Bowls Day, from 9am-12.30pm, will have merchandise on sale, an auction and raffle with a number of donated prizes.
The event marks International Guide Dog Day (IGDD), on Wednesday, April 24, which celebrated the important role guide dogs play in supporting people all around the world with low vision or blindness to achieve their goals and live independently.
Central Coast Support Group President Merran Rudder said the group was focusing on access rights and ride share/taxi refusals by showing all the wonderful places guide dogs and their handlers can go – if they are not refused access.
The Central Coast Volunteer Support Group was formed in 1983 and has been active in fundraising from The Entrance to the Peninsula ever since.
It continues to be visual and out and about in the community managing a number of fundraising stalls each year at shopping centres across the Central Coast.
“With the cost to breed, train and raise one life-changing guide dog around $50,000, every dollar from the community counts as Guide Dogs NSW/ACT only receives minimal government funding,” Rudder said.
“We appreciate the Central Coast community who continue to visit our stalls and the generosity provided to us by shopping centres who allocate space for our fundraising stalls.
“We also appreciate the wonderful support that the Ettalong Bowling Club and their members continue to provide.”
For more information, visit www.guidedogs.com.au